Comparison of patient assistance program software

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1331-1338

  Petrarca, Alicia M ^a   Lengel, Aaron J ^a   Powers, Mary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity; Computers; Costs; Data collection; Industry; Industry, pharmaceutical; Internet; Patient information

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; DATA SYNTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960632020     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp100512     Document Type: Article

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